For the past couple weeks, I have taken part in Gibborim Studio’s Hold the Pass Challenge. Before I get into what that means, let me give you some context. Gibborim Studios was started about six months ago by Cliff Graham and Cody Bobay. Cliff Graham is an author of novels based of off the lives…
1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. While Isaac’s sons are growing up, a famine descends on the land. Isaac seeks a place to continue to graze his flocks, ending up in…
1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. After the death of…
1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. With the death of Sarah still looming over his household, Abraham thinks it might be time to find Isaac a bride. However he has grown old, he can no longer travel as much as he used to.…
1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. This is the first time the text specifically mentions the death and age of a woman. All of the genealogies had focused on the men, but now, as a member of God’s covenant, Sarah’s death is also recorded. She is the…
1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell…
1 The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. I find it interesting that the text says that God visited Sarah. The word “visited” differs from the more commonly used word “appeared.” Often times in Scripture when God appears someone, He usually says something, and…
1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. Abraham and his family go on the move again, although no clear reason is given for them doing so. Perhaps with the recent destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the land had become more…
1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth 2 and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your…
Be Still
Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10 We are living in unprecedented times. The spread of COVID-19 has led to a mass shutdown of major industries across the United States and much of the world. There are no…
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